Universities

Shiv Nadar School of Law, Chennai, India                                                                                                                                                                     2023 - Present

• Designing and overseeing undergraduate communications programme that trains students in formal, professional and academic skills of written and oral communication. 

• Faculty profile here.

Ashoka University, Sonepat, India                                                                                                                                                                                    2016 – 2023

• Established and grew the Undergraduate Writing Programme (UWP), which offers the most Foundation courses every year: 35 - 40 sections of Introduction to Critical Thinking (ICT) that all Ashoka first-year students must complete, to develop their written and oral skills, student-oriented discussion and problem-solving, and classroom confidence.

• Pioneered an India-centric writing pedagogy with colleagues within and outside of Ashoka University.

• Co-authoring a book titled “An Introduction to Academic Writing,” forthcoming from Routledge, targeted at university students throughout India.

• Customized a writing pedagogy for English Language Learners (ELL) students, to better respond to the needs of an Indian classroom.

• Advocated for new positions within the programme, ranging from permanent tenure-track positions to senior short-term hires; worked closely with Senior Administration for the same.

State University of New York (SUNY) Purchase, New York, USA                                                                                                                              2014 – 2016

• Taught four semesters of College Writing, exploring several themes and using a multi-genre approach.

• Taught a semester of creative writing focused on memoir.